QOTD - Wednesday

Mrs.Handy

Where did your LO's name(s) come from?

If you're expecting, do you have any names in mind?

kastle

Sprout's name came from my grandfather.

If we had a girl, we were planning to do a combo of my favorite author's name & a name that my husband liked (which also happens to be a very common name in the country where my father is from)

claraj

My DD's first name is just one we picked that we really liked. It doesn't have any special meaning. Her middle name is my middle name.

We are having a hard time coming up with a name for DD#2! Only 18 weeks left to decide!

mcatmay

We just really liked her first name and totally feel like it fits her perfectly. Her middle name is after my best friend, who is also her godmother.

WinesNotWhines

M's first name is a name from DH's family - it was DH's grandfather's name and it's also DH's middle name. M's middle name is from my side of the family.

If we had a girl, we were planning to reverse it -- her first name would've come from my family, and her middle name would've come from DH's family. We never really figured out a middle name though, because almost all of the women in DH's family are named Mary or Margaret, and those didn't sound right when paired with the first name.

Mrs.Handy

DS was named after his my husband's brother. DH had always wanted to name his son after his brother since they're really close and I wasn't in love with any boy names so I was fine with it. Also, he let it slip to BIL one night after having a few drinks so after that we were kind of stuck with it.  His middle name is after my dad.  

QueSrah

T's name came from one of those baby name books.  Her middle name starts with M in honor of my grandma.  (I didn't want to saddle her with Margie, and DH didn't like the name Marjorie or anything more literally derivative.)

lylahlove

My h is William III and goes by Will. we didn't want a IV, so we went with the last part of h's name - Liam

mssaint

LO's first name is my grandfather's name, and is also a very traditional name. His middle name is a little trendier and is the first name of an author that DH has done a lot of scholarly research about. Plus they sound really good together.

If LO was a girl, he would have been Adelaide. I just love that name and the nickname Addie. And it goes perfectly with the middle name that he would have had, which is the English version of my Gaelic middle name, and the same as my mother's middle name and my grandmother's first name.  If we go for #2, this name is still on the table.

Artslvr

DD #1 - first name is a name we liked, and also happened to be my grandmother's name (though we chose it mostly because we just liked it).  Middle name is my mom's name.

DD #2 - first name is the female version of DH's middle name.  Her middle name is DH's mom's name.

DS - first name is just one we liked - and middle name is my dad's name. 

I got both of my parents' names in there, and DH's bio mom's name - those are our "favorite" grandparents, so it worked out well. 

MrsPhilDunphy

C's name came from the fact that we could only agree on one single boy's name and that's what we went with. I wish it had a more interesting background, but nope. I had to fight DH to give him a middle name at all, so his MN is just an innocuous, nice name that goes well with his first name.

tomandcourt

We really liked the name Jack, and one of my great uncles was called Jack (his name was John). But didn't think that Jack was a "real" name (more a nickname), so we made it Jackson. His middle name is another family name--one of DH's great uncles--but we changed the spelling slightly (otherwise we thought it was too close to Jager ie Jagermeister). I liked that it reflected both sides of our family.

We have names picked out for our future kids. First and middle, two girls and two boys. We . . . are planners.

cep1976

We have agreed on one girl's name and one boy's name, middle name will be my last name, which I kept when we got married. The girl's name is in honor of my late great-aunt, but is a derivative of her very old fashioned name. The boy's name is just one we like.

Managing to agree on names is a minor miracle, since H is an elementary school art teacher, and trying to agree on names with someone who has known that many children is pretty much impossible.

vml14

For both of our kids, we chose first names that didn't have any particular significance, we just liked them.  But, their middle names are after family members. 

DD's middle is my mom's and DH's grandmother's first name (and was my middle name before I changed it to my maiden). 

DS's middle is my husband and my FIL's first name. 

If we have #3, we think we'll again choose a first name we like, and pair it with a family name for the middle.  We think we know both the girl and boy first names, and have a boys family name we like, but are stuck on girls family names.

 

vtkgirl77

I liked the idea of having a unique name for DD#1. I grew up with a unique name and I really liked being the only "Kendra" that most people knew.

For DD#1, we came up with a list of names. There were two names that both of us liked but I liked one better and DH liked the other better. DD#1 has a name which I know of because it was a friend of a friend's name and I've always been really fond of it. So, I pushed for that name and DD#1 got that name. For DD#2, she got the other name which DH really liked because that's only fair.

DD#1's name means "to ascend".

DD#2's name means "dark one" or "having dark hair". It sort of worked out to be true because DD#1 has blue eyes and lighter hair whereas DD#2's skin tone is a bit darker and she has brown hair and dark brown eyes. 

SoonToBeMrsDTS

DD has a biblical name, DS is the VIII so he's named after DH and this baby's first name is after my grandmother, still no middle name. 

DCtoLowcountry

We developed a list of names for DS1 and waited to see what fit him when he was born. I wanted a name that was traditional, easy to spell, that I liked the meaning, and you could say over and over again. His middle name is in honor of my dad and DH's granddad.

We have a short list again for DS2 (if you consider a list of 10 names short) but honestly don't know what it will be. We're using the same criteria, plus that it "goes" with DS1's name. We're waiting to meet DS2 before naming him.

smacb

DS's first name is for DH's uncle/godfather.  He was killed in a tragic accident when DH was a kid.  DS's middle name is my maiden name.  DS is also named Patrick because we found out he was a boy on St. Patrick's Day.

If we'd had a girl, she would have been Brighid Ruth or Brighid Margaret.  When DH and I first dated, he used to recite a Yeats poem to me, that's where we got the Brighid.  Ruth was my grandmother. Margaret is DH's mother.

This baby is Michael for DH's grandfather.  Kerwin is my father's middle name and my grandmother's maiden name. 

VARedhead

DD's first name is in honor of my aunt and DH's uncle, who have both passed away (and both started with an L). We just sort of picked her middle name because we liked it. Both names (first and middle) are very old testament.

DS's name is a bit more of a problem, for some reason. We don't have anyone we are trying to honor who have passed away, which leaves us with too many options! I think we've narrowed it down, though. DH and I definitely also disagreed much more on this one than DD's name.

amh_navyblue

DD#1: First name is MIL's middle name and middle name is my mom's first name.  I really love my mom's name, but hate the nicknames, thus the middle name status.

DD#2: First name is SIL's first name and middle name was mine (until my middle name got replaced with my maiden name).  Second time around was definitely harder in terms of picking out names, but I'm really happy with the result.

LindseyJW

we used family names

LO1 - FIL and my dad's names

LO2 - my paternal and maternal grandmothers

if there are any more, they would be family names also

boy - my mothers maiden name and DH's middle

girl - DH's aunt and MIL's middle 

2vthokies

DD1: Her first name has the same meaning as my paternal grandfather, at least according to a baby book we had (we didn't like any of the girl names that started with the first letter of his name).  Her middle name starts with the same letter as my paternal grandmother.

DD2:  Her first name we just really liked.  Actually, we liked a name that was similar, but it's DH's first cousin's name and I thought it would be weird to name her that.  Her name wasn't my first choice by a long shot, but I felt strongly about her middle name, so I let DH "win" that one.  Her middle name is DH's paternal grandmother's name.

suecadence

DS's name also came from a baby book. It was on a list of "porch sitters" names for boys. We were looking for a Southern feeling name that was vaguely old-fashioned without being over the top and it really fit the bill. I'd known only one other person with this name before (I've since met two more) but it isn't super off the wall either. We love it and it suits him perfectly. His middle name is a family name, my husband's first name (that he has never gone by).

If #2 is a girl we have a name picked out. First name fits well with DS's and middle name is a family name on both sides.

If #2 is a boy, it will be tougher. I have a long list of possibles, but none have really grabbed me the way DS's name did. His middle name willl likely be a family name from my side.

northernvabride

DD#1 has a first name we liked and then my middle name, which is also my mom's middle name and my grandmother's middle name

DD#2 has a name that is only based on likes, not family members

The name for DD#3 is still in the works - I really want to honor FIL who died a few months ago, but DH really likes the name we already had, which doesn't honor FIL in as direct of a way as I was hoping to.  I have started to like that name less, and want to pick some others, but we haven't settled on anything.  The middle name that is a part of several of these options (Marie) is a version of my grandmother's name, DH's mom's middle/confirmation name, and also happens to be FIL's mom's name (all Marys).  I really like my mom's name for a first name, but know DH wouldn't go for that, and my MIL and GMIL have names you would not use today for first or middle names.  DD#1 has also picked a name she likes (a girl from her school she is friends with) that we don't mind, maybe even like, and it starts with the same letter as MIL's name, so that could be an honor in some ways.  But, if we name DD#3 this name, our 3 girls and our dentist's 3 daughters will have the same names, and that just seems odd (total coincidence of course, doesn't matter in real life).  As you can see, there is still some work to do on the next name. 

 

victoria1212

DD's first name we found in the baby name book (it was the name above a name DH liked that is far more popular than DD's name). Her middle name is DH's grandmother who helped raise him when his mom was very sick. She died a few years ago and he really wanted t o honor her. I think the names go really well together.

veruca5839

DD's first name is just one we liked.  Her middle name is in honor of DH's mom who passed away when he was younger.

Jitterbug2668

Nathan Alexander - Nathan was just something I liked from the very beginning of the baby name discussion with DH.  Alexander is DH's confirmation name and is also my paternal grandfather's name.

 Addison Grace (should this be a girl) - I swear DH has a crush on Kate Walsh from Private Practice.  He fell in love with this name.  Grace is my aunts middle name.  She passed away right before we had DS at an early age due to a stroke. 

Justin Michael (should this be a boy) - is the name my parents were going to give me if I had been a boy.  DH likes Justin. Michael is DH's middle name & is also my fathers middle name. 

ch ch ch chia

DD's first name is a combination of DH's first name and my middle name (but, it's a real name...).  Her middle name is after DH's sister, who passed away about a week and a half before we found out we were pregnant. 

If and when we're lucky enough to conceive #2, I think picking a name will be super hard!  For a girl, I still like one of the names that was in the hopper for DD1 - Chloe.  When googled with our last name, it would make futureDD relatively anonymous, unless she becomes super famous.  My issue with it is that the name is too popular right now.  A boy name would be super hard to choose.  I kind of like something that can be shortened to A.J., or C.J.  - I don't know why.

zeptattoo

We've always known that Snuggle was going to be it for us.  So, before we found out the gender, DH and I came up with names.  I did the girl's name and he did the boy's name.  Since DH is Irish, the boy name was Irish and I am Welsh so I stuck with that. 

Since Snuggle is a boy, we went with DH's names.  The names were not really inspired by anyone, except Snuggle's middle name is Brady because DH is a life-long Pats fan.  If Snuggle was a girl his name would have been Morgan Livia.

Hey Jellisy

DD is named for both of my grandmothers. DS is a III.

AgrippaRidesAgain

Nowhere, for both kids.  We liked them.  Relatives initially hated the names, but have since grown to love them.

MY favorite names for the never to exist #3 are:

Jocelyn, Lydia, Claudia, Cora, Callista, and Calliope.  DH vetoed Ophelia, but it's also a favorite.

The only boy name that I really love is Arthur, which DH hasn't exactly vetoed, but just tends to ignore. 

ETA:  When looking for names, we look for names that are uncommon but entirely recognizable.  DH was a Jared before Jared was a popular name, and he loved having a unique name. 

Mama Angelina

DS1's middle name is DH's first name...and DS2's middle name is my grandmother's maiden name.  Their first names are just old-fashioned names that we liked. 

NicoNiko

We just picked names we liked.  DD was my first choice name.  DS was on my short list---DH initally vetoed it, but agreed to it on the way to the hospital.  We were team green for both so we had to have 2 names picked out each time.  I still really love the name we picked for a potential DD #2, but we are done with 2.  I found boys names much harder to decide on.